Introduction Post

[petra]

If you're joining us, please comment with:
1. Your name (your pronouns)
2. Experience with being stuck inside: newbie, been not around the block a few times, Grizzled Veteran of the Indoors Wars
3. Self-soothing: Favorite way to self-soothe at the moment
4. I hope: What you hope this community can do for you
5. I can offer: What you are bringing to the party

For example:
Petra (she/her)
Been not around the block a few times
Self-soothing: reading long fanfiction & Stardew Valley
I hope: I want to add structure and enjoyment to my days of being stuck inside, and bring the same benefits to other people
I can offer: an open, sympathetic mind and suggestions of ways to cope, e. g. "connect with new people on the internet for new perspectives"

Comments

[desireearmfeldt]

Someone in my theatre group was working a while ago on a proposal for an age-reversed Romeo & Juliet, which sounded interesting. (I'm not sure what happened to it...possibly the proposer got too busy with life and parenting to pursue it.)

[jesse_the_k]

R&J as retired oldsters? I don't get it.

[desireearmfeldt]

If I remember correctly, the idea was that R&J would be seniors at the point where they were in the care of their grown children. But it's been a while and the details are fuzzy in my mind.

[petra]

I can see why someone would be interested in a lightning romance between seniors who have decided they no longer need to know better. And having a fresh young nurse in scrubs would fit beautifully. Lady Capulet etc. would be R&J's children, I take it?

[desireearmfeldt]

Yes, and I think the idea may have been the grown children wondering if their elderly parents were in their right minds etc., but my memory of the details is hazy.